diff --git a/srcpkgs/swaks/template b/srcpkgs/swaks/template
index 53153debf0a..5fd07247354 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/swaks/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/swaks/template
@@ -1,27 +1,21 @@
 # Template file for 'swaks'
 pkgname="swaks"
-version="20130209.0"
-revision=3
+version=20170101.0
+revision=1
 noarch=yes
 short_desc="Swiss Army Knife for SMTP"
 maintainer="allan <mail@may.mooo.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/"
-distfiles="http://www.jetmore.org/john/code/$pkgname/files/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum="0b0967256dca82776f610f1db862bc47644b236f325fa48cbdb2651babd41f7c"
-hostmakedepends="perl ed"
+distfiles="http://www.jetmore.org/john/code/${pkgname}/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=84e62dd0de4a56d5daebe25afd16835bd8d3c7f39caa5e6bc7d86a056925915e
+hostmakedepends="perl"
 depends="perl"
 
-pre_install() {
-	ed >/dev/null doc/ref.pod <<-EDIT
-		,s/^=item \([0-9]\+\)$/=item C<\1>/
-		w
-		q
-	EDIT
-	pod2man doc/ref.pod $pkgname.1
-}
-
 do_install() {
 	vbin swaks
+
+	sed -i 's/^=item \([0-9]\+\)$/=item C<\1>/' doc/ref.pod
+	pod2man doc/ref.pod $pkgname.1
 	vman $pkgname.1
 }